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This archive contains all of the Working Papers, Research in Progress papers, Briefings, Methodological Notes, and published journal articles, books or book chapters that have been published by OPHI researchers during their time in OPHI, or based on research done with OPHI.

You may use this page to obtain a citation of OPHI work, or to hotlink to the appropriate page containing the document.

2018

Deneulin, S. and Clausen, J. (2018). ‘Collective Choice and Social Welfare by Amartya Sen: a review essay with reference to development in Peru’. OPHI Working Paper 113, University of Oxford.

National Planning Commission (NPC) of the Government of Nepal, and Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI)at University of Oxford. (2018). Nepal: Multidimensional Poverty Index 2018 – Analysis towards action. NPC and OPHI. Available here.

Alkire, S. and Shen, Y. (2017). “Exploring Multidimensional Poverty in China: 2010 to 2014.” OPHI Research in Progress 47a, University of Oxford. Updated version is published in Research on Economic Inequality: Poverty, Inequality and Welfare (ed. by J. Bishop), 25: 161–228, 2017.

National Statistics Bureau (NSB) of Royal Government of Bhutan, and Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford. (2017). Bhutan: Multidimensional Poverty Index 2017. NSB and OPHI. Available here.

Oldiges, C. (2017). “Measuring malnutrition and dietary diversity: Theory and evidence from India.” OPHI Working Paper 108, University of Oxford.

Pinilla-Roncancio, M. and Alkire, S. (2017). ‘How poor are people with disabilities around the globe? A multidimensional perspective.’ OPHI Research in Progress 48a, University of Oxford.

Santos, M.E., Dabus, C., and Delbianco, F. (2017). ‘Growth and poverty revisited from a Multidimensional Perspective.’ Journal of Development Studies, published online on 05 November 2017. DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2017.1393520.

Seth, S. and Alkire, S. (2017). ‘Did poverty reduction reach the poorest of the poor? Complementary measures of poverty and inequality in the counting approach.’ Research on Economic Inequality: Poverty, Inequality and Welfare (ed. by S. Bandyopadhyay), 25: 63–102.

Alkire, S. and Seth, S. (2016). “Identifying destitution through linked subsets of multidimensionally poor: An ordinal approach.” OPHI Working Paper 99, University of Oxford. Updated version is published in Research on Economic Inequality: Poverty, Inequality and Welfare (ed. by J. Bishop), 25: 63–102, 2017.

Angulo, R. (2016). “From multidimensional poverty measurement to multisector public policy for poverty reduction: lessons from the Colombian case.” OPHI Working Paper 102, University of Oxford.

Castleman, T. (2016). “The role of human recognition in development” in Oxford Development Studies, DOI 10.1080/13600818.2015.1109615 (published online on 25 January 2016). An earlier version published as “Human Recognition and Economic Development: An Introduction and Theoretical Model.” OPHI Working Papers 63, University of Oxford, 2013.

Santos, M. E., and Villatoro, P. (2016). “A Multidimensional Poverty Index for Latin America.” Review of Income and Wealth, 2016. First published 11 November 2016, DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12275 (An earlier version of this paper is published in 2015 as OPHI Working Paper 79.

Wang, X., Feng, H., Xia, Q., and Alkire, S. (2016). “On the relationship between Income Poverty and Multidimensional Poverty in China.” OPHI Working Paper 101, University of Oxford.

Zavaleta, D., Samuel, K., and Mills, C. T. (2016). “Measures of social isolation.” Social Indicators Research, DOI 10.1007/s11205-016-1252-2 (published online 02 February 2016). An earlier version published as “Social Isolation: A Conceptual and Measurement Proposal.” OPHI Working Papers 67, University of Oxford, 2014.

Alkire, S. and Seth, S. (2015). “Multidimensional Poverty Reduction in India between 1999 and 2006: Where and How?” World Development, 72 (2015) 93–108. An earlier version is published as OPHI Working Papers 60, University of Oxford.

Alkire, S. and Samman, E. (2014). “Mobilising the Household Data Required to Progress toward the SDGs.” OPHI Working Papers 72, University of Oxford. Also published as SDSN Briefing Paper, September 2014. [WP and Brief]

Mills, C., Zavaleta, D., and Samuel, K. (2014). “Shame, Humiliation and Social Isolation: Missing Dimensions of Poverty and Suffering Analysis.” OPHI Working Papers 71, University of Oxford. Also published in R. E, Anderson (ed.), World Suffering and the Quality of Life. New York: Springer, 2015, ch. 19. [WP]

Robano, V. and Smith, S. C. (2014). “Multidimensional Targeting and Evaluation: A General Framework with an Application to a Poverty Program in Bangladesh.” OPHI Working Papers 65, University of Oxford. [WP]

Zavaleta, D., Samuel, K., and Mills, C. (2014). “Social Isolation: A Conceptual and Measurement Proposal.” OPHI Working Papers 67, University of Oxford. Also published as “Measures of Social Isolation” in Social Indicators Research (published online on 02 February 2016), DOI: 10.1007/s11205-016-1252-2. [WP, PublPDF]

2013

Agbodji, A. E., Batana, Y. M., and Ouedraogo, D. (2013). “Gender Inequality in Multidimensional Welfare Deprivation in West Africa: The Case of Burkina Faso and Togo.” OPHI Working Papers 64, University of Oxford. Also published as The World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 6522, 2013. [OPHI WP and WB WP]

Alkire, S. and Santos, M. E. (2013). “Measuring Acute Poverty in the Developing World: Robustness and Scope of the Multidimensional Poverty Index.” OPHI Working Papers 59, University of Oxford. Supplementary data. Also published in World Development 59 (2014) 251–274. [WP and PublPDF]

Alkire, S. and Seth, S. (2013). “Multidimensional Poverty Reduction in India Between 1999 and 2006: Where and How?” OPHI Working Papers 60, University of Oxford. Also published in World Development, 72 (2015) 93–108. [WP and PublPDF]

Castleman, T. (2013). “Human Recognition and Economic Development: An Introduction and Theoretical Model.” OPHI Working Papers 63, University of Oxford. Also published as “The role of human recognition in development” in Oxford Development Studies (published online on 22 January 2016), DOI: 10.1080/13600818.2015.1109615. [WP, PublPDF]

Alkire, S., Foster, J. and Santos, M.E. (2011). “Where Did Identification Go?” OPHI Working Papers 43b, University of Oxford. Also published in Journal of Economic Inequality(JEI) 9: 501-505. [WP and PublPDF]

Alkire, S. (2010). “Multidimensional Poverty and its Discontent.” In Measure for Measure: How Well Do We Measure Development? Proceedings of the 8th AFD-EUDN Conference 2010, edited by R. Peccoud. Paris, pp. 53-96. [PublPDF]

Battiston, D., Cruces, G., et al. (2009). “Income and Beyond: Multidimensional Poverty in Six Latin American Countries.” OPHI Working Papers 17, University of Oxford. Also published in Social Indicators Research, 112(2) (2013) 291-314. [WP]

Alkire, S. (2008). “Concepts and Measures of Agency.” OPHI Working Papers 09, University of Oxford. Also in K. Basu and R. Kanbur (eds.), Arguments for a Better World: Essays in Honor of Amartya Sen.Volume I: Ethics, Welfare, and Measurement. Oxford University Press, 2008. [WP and Scan]

Decancq, K. and Lugo, M. A. (2008). “Setting Weights in Multidimensional Indices of Well-Being.” OPHI Working Papers 18, University of Oxford. Published as “Weights in Multidimensional Indices of Wellbeing: An Overview” in Econometric Reviews, 32(1) (2013) 7-34. [WP and PublPDF]

Njong, A.M. and Ningaye, P. (2008). “Characterizing Weights in the Measurement of Multidimensional Poverty: An Application of Data-Driven Approaches to Cameroonian Data.” OPHI Working Paper 21, University of Oxford. [WP]

Watson, V., Sutton, M., Dibben, C. and Ryan, M. (2008). “Deriving Weights for the Index of Multiple Deprivation Based on Societal Preferences: The Application of a Discrete Choice Experiment.” OPHI Working Papers 24, University of Oxford. [WP]

The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is an international measure of acute poverty covering over 100 developing countries. It complements traditional income-based poverty measures by capturing the deprivations that each person faces at the same time with respect to education, health and living standards.